Municipal Utilities Langenfeld

Name

Municipal Utilities Langenfeld

Legal name

Stadtwerke Langenfeld GmbH

Website

https://stw-langenfeld.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Utilities

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900), Electrical Work (1731)

akta.pro primary industry

Transformer/Driver/Power Supply Service & Replacement (HSAIAHAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outdoor Lighting & Electrical (Low-Voltage) (HSAPALAI), EV Charging as DER (Managed Charging, V2G/V2B) (EUAMAJAL), Interconnection, Permitting & Grid Services for DERs (EUAMAJAH)

Keywords

• Municipal utility services
• Electricity and gas supply
• Drinking water supply
• Fiber broadband services
• Ev charging infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Langenfeld

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Electricity Supply: Sale of electricity to residential and commercial customers in Langenfeld. Electricity tariffs are offered in single and bundled (combo) packages. Customers can choose from various tariff options determined by household size, consumption, and postcode.
2. Natural Gas Supply: Sale of Erdgas (natural gas) for heating and cooking to residential and commercial customers. The company supports climate protection by funding renewable energy expansion. Erdgas is positioned as the cleanest conventional fuel.
3. Drinking Water Supply: Drinking water supply to residents and businesses in Langenfeld and Monheim via the Verbandswasserwerk Langenfeld-Monheim. Water is sourced from six local wells and regularly tested.
4. Fiber Internet, Phone, and TV (LFeld / Media): Broadband internet, telephone, and television services delivered over the city's fiber network. Services include LFeld Performance and LFeld Expert fiber tariffs, plus waipu.tv streaming and LFeld.tv cable TV. Revenues include monthly subscription fees and one-time connection fees.
5. E-Mobility Charging: Public EV charging stations for electric vehicles. Revenue generated per charging session, payable via app, credit card, or charging card.
6. Heat Pump Rental: Monthly rental fee for heat pumps offered as a full-service package including installation, maintenance, and repair — no upfront purchase required.
7. Energy Certificates and Services: Issuance of energy certificates (Energieausweis) for buildings being sold or rented, as well as general energy advisory services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stadtwerke Langenfeld is a municipal multi-utility that supplies electricity, natural gas, drinking water, fiber-optic broadband (LFeld), public EV charging, and heat-pump heating solutions to residential and commercial customers in Langenfeld and Monheim, Germany. The company also operates and modernizes the city's street-lighting infrastructure and offers solar and energy-advisory services, sold primarily as recurring metered subscriptions, bundled tariffs, and rental/usage-based fees.

Product overview

Stadtwerke Langenfeld operates as a multi-service public utility company offering a comprehensive portfolio of energy, water, telecommunications, and municipal infrastructure services. The core product portfolio includes electricity (Strom), natural gas (Gas), drinking water (Wasser), and heat pump solutions (Wärme) as essential utility services. The company has expanded into telecommunications with high-speed fiber optic internet, TV, and telephone services branded as 'LFeld' or 'Media', competing with traditional telecom providers. Additional offerings include e-mobility charging infrastructure (E-Mobilität), solar energy solutions (Solar), and street lighting management (Laternen). Customers can purchase individual services or benefit from discounted bundle packages (Kombi-Tarife) combining electricity, gas, and internet. Digital services are delivered through customer portals for contract management and meter reading. The company also operates a crowdfunding platform (Langenfeld-Crowd) to support local community projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electricity Supply (Strom) Metered electricity supply to residential and commercial customers in Langenfeld, offered in single-product or bundled tariffs (with gas and/or fiber internet). Pricing is per kWh with monthly billing.
• Natural Gas Supply (Gas) Natural gas (Erdgas) supply for heating and cooking to residential and commercial customers in Langenfeld, positioned as the cleanest conventional fuel and supporting renewable energy expansion.
• Drinking Water Supply (Wasser) Drinking water supply to residents and businesses in Langenfeld and Monheim, sourced from six wells in the Monheim forest area, regularly laboratory-tested, and delivered via a 357 km pipeline network.
• Heat Pump Rental (Wärme) Monthly rental of heat pumps (drawing thermal energy from air, ground, or water) as a full-service package including installation, maintenance, and repairs, with no upfront purchase required. Targets residential customers transitioning from oil or gas heating.
• Public E-Mobility Charging Public electric-vehicle charging stations across Langenfeld, offering eco-electricity (Ökostrom) from renewable sources. Customers pay per charging session via app, credit card, or charging card.
• LFeld Fiber Internet, Phone, and TV (Media) High-speed fiber-optic broadband, telephone, and television services over the city's fiber network. Includes LFeld Performance and LFeld Expert fiber tariffs, waipu.tv streaming TV, and LFeld.tv cable TV options.
• Solar Energy Solutions Solar thermal and photovoltaic systems for residential properties, including assistance with government subsidies for installation.
• Street Lighting Management (Laternen) Operation, planning, and modernization of all 7,300+ streetlamps and approximately 280 control cabinets in Langenfeld, transitioning from old radio-signal controls to modern switching technology.
• Bundle Tariffs (Kombi-Tarife) Discounted multi-product packages combining electricity, gas, and fiber internet at lower per-kWh rates than single products, plus promotional free months on fiber internet.
• Energy Advisory and Certification Services Energy advisory services and issuance of Energieausweis (energy certificates) for buildings being sold or rented, plus general energy consulting for residential and commercial customers.
• Online Customer Portal (Kundenportal) Online self-service portal for managing energy and water contracts, viewing invoices, submitting meter readings, updating bank details, adjusting advance payments, and comparing energy consumption.

Quantifiable outcome

• Water supply to 104,000+ people via 357 km pipeline network
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• TMTkom GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 17 April 2026TMTkom GmbH is the network construction service provider executing the fiber optic expansion in Langenfeld's Innenstadt-Mitte district. The company participated in the symbolic groundbreaking (Spatenstich) ceremony alongside Bürgermeister Gerold Wenzens and Stadtwerke-Geschäftsführer Stefan Figge.
• Apken (Langenfeld)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 3 February 2025Apken from Langenfeld is the construction company contracted to carry out fiber optic cable installation for the Richrath-West expansion. A company representative inspects each property externally before scheduling a connection appointment. This is a construction execution partnership.
• Langenfeld-Crowd (Crowdfunding Platform)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerStadtwerke Langenfeld co-sponsors the Langenfeld-Crowd crowdfunding platform, providing matching funds for local community projects. Every donation of 10 EUR or more is matched with 12.50 EUR from the Stadtwerke, and each project receives a 125 EUR seed grant.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Stadtwerke Düsseldorf: Major NRW municipal utility serving Düsseldorf with a full multi-utility portfolio including FTTH (Düsseldorf-Glasfaser), EV charging, and district heating. Establishes the upper bound for what a Stadtwerke can achieve in product breadth and infrastructure investment within the same regulatory environment.
• Stadtwerke Bonn: Larger NRW municipal utility providing electricity, gas, water, district heating, fiber internet, and public transport in Bonn. Same multi-utility Stadtwerke model but at significantly larger scale; useful for benchmarking what a 'grown-up' version of a Langenfeld-type utility looks like.
• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg: One of Germany's four large energy incumbents with significant operations in electricity distribution, EV charging (EnBW mobility+), and fiber (EnBW Highline). Provides the broad-incumbent benchmark for competitive pressure on municipal utility expansion into EV and fiber.

Direct peers

• Stadtwerke Hilden: Small NRW municipal utility serving Hilden with electricity, gas, water, and fiber internet (Hilden-Glasfaser). Comparable in scale and product mix to Langenfeld, particularly on the telecom and gas/electricity bundled services.
• NEW AG (Niederrheinische Versorgung und Verkehr): Municipal multi-utility serving Mönchengladbach, Viersen, and surrounding NRW municipalities with electricity, gas, water, fiber, and mobility services. Closely comparable Stadtwerke model in similar-sized catchment with identical service portfolio including FTTH and EV charging.
• EVL Energieversorgung Leverkusen: Municipal utility for the City of Leverkusen, providing electricity, gas, water, and heating. Very close geographic neighbor to Langenfeld in the Bergisches Land region with comparable multi-utility operating model and similar customer density.
• SWK Stadtwerke Krefeld: Municipal utility serving Krefeld and surrounding areas with electricity, gas, water, district heating, and public transport. Comparable in size and structure to Stadtwerke Langenfeld, providing a directly comparable benchmark for multi-utility economics in the same NRW regulatory environment.
• Stadtwerke Solingen: Neighboring NRW municipal utility of similar size to Langenfeld, providing electricity, gas, water, fiber internet (via Solingen-Glasfaser), and EV charging. Geographic and demographic proximity make it one of the most directly comparable peers for benchmarking product mix and pricing.

Emerging players

• Deutsche Glasfaser: Private FTTH specialist rapidly expanding fiber across NRW and rural Germany. Direct competitor to Stadtwerke Langenfeld's LFeld fiber brand, particularly in adjacent municipalities, setting competitive pricing benchmarks and threatening share in Langenfeld-adjacent districts.

Others

• Verbandswasserwerk Langenfeld-Monheim: Sister water utility jointly owned by the Cities of Langenfeld and Monheim — a related-party operating partner rather than competitor. Serves the same catchment for drinking water and shares the KunZe customer center, making it the most adjacent enabling peer for the integrated multi-utility model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/STWLangenfeld
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/76627682/admin
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtwerke_langenfeld

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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